Only a small media contingent showed up at Los Alamitos City Hall Friday morning in reaction to the statement released by Mayor Dean Grose about his impending resignation for sending an e-mail with a watermelon patch in front of the White House.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: c.mayorreax.sg2.0227 Date shot: 2/27/09 Photo by Sam Gangwer / The Orange County Register

With all precincts reporting, incumbents Shelley Hasselbrink, Warren Kusumoto and Mark Chirco, along with challenger Dean Grose, held leads into Wednesday morning for four open seats on the Los Alamitos City Council.

Leo Smith is the Local Editor of the Orange County Register. He came to the Register after 12 years at the Daily Breeze in Torrance. Prior to that Leo was a reporter at the Los Angeles Times and the Oakland Tribune.